Unit

Plan - Science
Integrated Theme/Topic: Chemistry in Action
Essential Questions:

How do elements/compound react to each other?

What is occurring during chemical reactions?

What chemical reactions have long lasting affects on our world?

Duration of Unit: 25 days

Stage 1 Setting Goals

1. Performance Goals:
Students will be able to
Perform labs involving five types of
reactions
Name and write formulas for various
reactions
Balance chemical equations
Recognize the environmental impact of
chemical reactions


3. Product:
Students will produce
A lab report for each types of reaction
lab
A quiz to demonstrate an understanding
of naming compounds and writing
formulas
A survival guide to this unit

2. Demonstration:
Students will demonstrate
an understanding of appropriate
lab expectations
a sense of value for our
environment
the need for acids and bases in
biological systems

4. Classroom Process
Processes on which we will focus
Safety
Hypothesizing
Recording
Evaluating
Communicating

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Stage 2 Curricular Connections
Design Must Include Consideration For Differentiated Instruction, Adaptations, and
Accommodations to Meet All Learner Needs

This unit has curricular connections in the following areas:

English Language Arts
Outcomes
2.3.1 Forms and Genres - Recognize the
appropriateness of various forms and genres
for various audiences and purposes

Strategies to Meet Outcomes

Appropriate form for lab reports

Mathematics
Outcomes
9.PR.3 - Model and solve problems using
linear equations

Strategies to Meet Outcomes

Set up equations in order to balance
chemical equations

Social Studies
Outcomes
How do we affect our environment?
What are our assumptions about our
relationship with the environment?

Strategies to Meet Outcomes

When discussing acids and bases, pollution
formation, and potential air pollutants.

Physical Education / Health

Outcomes
K.5.S2.A.2 - Demonstrate a knowledge of
healthy lifestyles practices that contribute to
disease/illness prevention, including mental
illness/ disorders

Strategies to Meet Outcomes

Occurrence of acids and bases

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The Arts

Outcomes
VACR3 - The learner revises, refines, and
shares ideas for creating art

Strategies to Meet Outcomes

Survival guide assessment. Guide should be
attractive and easy to follow

Stage 3 Instruction:
Learning, Teaching, and Assessment Strategies
Assessment:
Assessment Products
Strategy:

Performance Task (daily, small journal entry)

Observation
Formula Writing and Naming Assignment
Quiz Formula Writing and Naming
Labs (5)
Lab
Survival Guide

Criteria:
Rubric Student & Teacher Generated (Survival Guide)
Curriculum (Quiz)
Teacher Generated (Labs)

Adaptions:

Time Extensions
Printed copy of any notes
Written step by step instructions for labs
Template for lab reports (print or computer document)

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Inquiry Process
When a Unit Involves an Inquiry Process, indicate the leadership
responsibilities of the various activities within the process.

The Labs will be done as an inquiry process. Students will be required to hypothesize,
record, and communicate their findings. They will also need to decide which type of
reaction occurred between their reactants based on the product.
Teacher-Led
Instructions

Shared/Negotiated
Due Date

Student-Led
Experiment
Lab Report

Stage 4 Learning Resources/Sources

Primary Sources (Field Trips, Experts, Artifacts, etc.):
Chemicals (Labs)
Balance Scale
Koch Fertilizer Presenter

Secondary Sources Text Set (Multimedia, Print, Web, etc.):
Textbook
Socrative.com